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Certain · 07-13-2014, 06:34 PM

Colombia's James Rodriguez was the biggest revelation as a potential superstar (or a flash-in-the-pan, since that can happen for scorers). Mexico keeper Memo Ochoa definitely earned himself some consideration, too, particularly for his performance against Brazil. Rodriguez and Ochoa both played in France last year.

Ligue 1 players in general did really well for themselves and probably brought some more respect to French clubs. France's Mathieu Valbuena gave the performance of his life, but he's 29 and probably won't draw much interest.

No one on Germany could be called a surprise star. I liked Marcos Rojo's performance for Argentina, but a lot of that was because he was playing with Martin Demichelis and Pablo Zabaleta on a way-underrated back line. Argentine keeper Sergio Romero showed that maybe he should be getting more action, too, though again he got to play behind a great back line.

Really, most of the European standouts were known commodities. Memphis Depay showed he has a nice future for the Netherlands, but he's 20 and a highly thought-of prospect already.

07-13-2014, 06:34 PM	#2
Certain Mad fucking dangerous. Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 12,066 Battle Record: 40-19 Champed - AOWL Season 3 - Art of Writing League (2x) Rep Power: 85899406	Colombia's James Rodriguez was the biggest revelation as a potential superstar (or a flash-in-the-pan, since that can happen for scorers). Mexico keeper Memo Ochoa definitely earned himself some consideration, too, particularly for his performance against Brazil. Rodriguez and Ochoa both played in France last year. Ligue 1 players in general did really well for themselves and probably brought some more respect to French clubs. France's Mathieu Valbuena gave the performance of his life, but he's 29 and probably won't draw much interest. No one on Germany could be called a surprise star. I liked Marcos Rojo's performance for Argentina, but a lot of that was because he was playing with Martin Demichelis and Pablo Zabaleta on a way-underrated back line. Argentine keeper Sergio Romero showed that maybe he should be getting more action, too, though again he got to play behind a great back line. Really, most of the European standouts were known commodities. Memphis Depay showed he has a nice future for the Netherlands, but he's 20 and a highly thought-of prospect already. __________________ I'm just swinging swords strictly based on keyboards, unbalanced like elephants and ants on seesaws.